{"id":332297,"date":"2021-06-02T02:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T08:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=332297"},"modified":"2021-06-02T02:43:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T08:13:49","slug":"24-arrested-for-assaulting-doctor-at-covid-19-care-centre-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/24-arrested-for-assaulting-doctor-at-covid-19-care-centre-in-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"24 arrested for assaulting doctor at COVID-19 Care Centre in Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-332298\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Doctor-assaulted-by-miscreants-in-Assam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/06\/Doctor-assaulted-by-miscreants-in-Assam.jpg 460w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/06\/Doctor-assaulted-by-miscreants-in-Assam-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/06\/Doctor-assaulted-by-miscreants-in-Assam-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the death of a person who tested positive in central Assam\u2019s Hojai district, a mob allegedly assaulted a doctor at a COVID-19 Care Centre on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The police have arrested 24 people for assaulting Seuj Kumar Senapati, the doctor, and other staff and damaging the healthcare facility of COVID-19 Care Centre \u00a0of Udali.<\/p>\n<p>A video on the incident circulated via social media showed the mob kicking and hitting the doctor on his head with medical equipment with one person also fishing out a knife.<\/p>\n<p>Two others, including a woman, were also injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers had alleged negligence by the doctor and his medical team for the death of one Giyasuddin who was admitted to the CCC after testing COVID-19 positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe relatives told me the patient was serious but when I examined his health condition, I found him to be already dead. Soon, they started vandalising the hospital furniture and attacking me,\u201d Dr. Senapati said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; After the death of a person who tested positive in central Assam\u2019s Hojai district, a mob allegedly assaulted a doctor at a COVID-19 Care Centre on Tuesday. The police have arrested 24 people for assaulting Seuj Kumar Senapati, the doctor, and other staff and damaging the healthcare facility of COVID-19 Care Centre \u00a0of Udali. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":332298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,36],"tags":[1758,8770,14292,14293],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332300,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332297\/revisions\/332300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/332298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}